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light talk



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The light talk was punctuated by a few delicately probing questions and long, revelatory answers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2023

The sailors, all from the Philippines, are a little tired-looking and taciturn, but they crowd around Chapman and DeLeon for light talk in English and Tagalog.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

It was mostly fun, light talk radio fare, but it started to get chippy over the question of “Who was the last team to win it all?”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2020

Nancy Astor was tired, but she kept up a patter of light talk.

From Time Magazine Archive

The air was filled with the light talk in French and English, throbbed with the rhythm of the foxtrotting piano.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]




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